Please critique this idea! I've been trying to figure out a way to let my girls come and go with out letting the predators have access to their coop. They free range all day. My latest bright idea was this: We've got hardware cloth up about 7 -8ft high in their run. I would frame an opening high enough so a fox couldn't jump through the opening. To keep out the climbers (weasels, coons, etc) , I would like to try a sheet metal "skirt" attached to the hardware cloth, extending out 16-20 inches in each direction. Kind of the same idea as one of those squirrel baffels. Does that make sense?
It would be probably 5 feet or more up off the ground, so they would have to fly up and through the opening, Thoughts??
It would be probably 5 feet or more up off the ground, so they would have to fly up and through the opening, Thoughts??